Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-03-15

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Certain snakes have been observed
70 utter q cry, like that Of a young
puppy, on receiving an electric shock.
The eroess soon will bad,
And blossom In the border,
And mankind soon will find
His liver out of order.
Two of ex-Sheriff Furey's children
being i'll. he has been telegraphed for,
to Glenn's Ferry, where he was at
work.
A lot of Stalled cattle aud sheep,
of their own feeding, Just received
from Fish Creek, by James & Har-
rington.
When Uncle Sam and Johnny Bull
Walked cut. one morning cool,
Jshn pointed 70 our coast defense.
And sheuted: "April fool"
So many bare spots are to be seen
in our streets that wheeled vehicles
will soon have to take the place of
sleighs. Two wagons were out yes.
terday.
u. S. Erb, proprietor of the Walker
House, and one of the leading stock
holders in the Electric Light Com
pany, is expected here tomorrow or
next day.
A marriage is to take place up
town tonight. 1t will be q good
mana veritable professor of may
and intricate arts, who can guess
the contracting parties.
A number of ladies and gentlemen
are decorating the HALEY theatre for
the celebration of next Thursday.
Don't put off till the last moment buy
ing yonr tickets for the ball.
The use of vaseline as a substitute
for butter has been condemned in
Paris. Its use seems to be an advan-
tage to bakers because it does not be-
come rancid, but it is injurious to
he alth.
Willamette water is now classified
as "hard drink 1t is most too thin
to be successfully moulded as brick
and entirely too thick for bathing
purposes and domestic uses.-Port-
land Telegram.
While pinning some flags on the
proscenium at the Theater. to-day,
Mark Brennan fell dragging the lad
der down with him. He was stunned
and somewhat bruised, but not seri.
ously hurt. The ladder was broken.
Bologna sausage, Yarmouth bloat-
ers, tripe, eel, lambs tongues, pigs
feet, tongues and sounds-by the
pound, key or barrel, dried beet
tongues, Elgin creamery butter, ETC.,
at KEEPER & Hodgman's.
J. B. Oldham says that 1t was wet,
sloppy and muddy most of the time in
BOISE during the past three months.
The winter climate of Wood River is
therefore much preferable, as most
people prefer snow to mud.
Our large Illustrated Catalogue for
Spring and Summer, 1887, is now in
the publishers hands. We shall com.
mence distributing about March 1st
Mailed free. Send in your names.
Address: Red House Trade Union,
Sacramento, Cal. feS-5w
An exchange truthfully says that
the man who cannot see the benefit
arising 10 town from a newspaper,
has not the sense of blind oyster up
a telegraph pole, and he is about as
much value to a community as de-
linquent tax-list.
All aleng the Snake river, from
American Falls to Lewiston, the new
grass is growing rapidly. and stock is
doing we'll. The stockmen are be-
ginning to round up their stock, in
order to brand their calves and pick
out beeves for shipment to Colorado
or further east.
The metal gallium has been isolated
by an industrial process devised by
DR.. L. Ehrlich, German physicist.
Gallium melts at about 81 degrees
Fahre nheit, and, as its lustre is
brighter than that of mercury, it is
thought useful application may be
found for it.
The people of Shoshone are patient
ly awaiting an order to resume work
full-handed, as heretofore, at the rail-
way shops in that town. A promi-
nent company official assured them
that the managers would never con.
sent to the abandonment of the shops,
which cost over $3.50 900, and are
equal to the best in the system.
Manager Nickerson, of the Haley
Iron Works, returned yesterday from
Salt Lake City, where he went on
business for the works. He informed
a TIMES reporter that the lumber for
the new foundry building was ordered,
the oupola is ready IN Denver, and as
soon as the lumber could be obtained
he would begin to build the foundry
addition to the works.
A petition was circulated in Glenn's
Ferry few days ago for the appoint
ment to the Office of postmaster there
of Mr.. Cameron, brother-in-law of the
present incumbent. The latter has
failed to move to the new town, from
the old ferry, and the people want the